ledshimdemo 0.0.2

Show various effects on a Pimoroni LED shim.

led-shim-demo

Display a variety of effects on the Raspberry Pi led-shim from Pimoroni.

The effects are based on the examples given in the base library plus some additions from my fork.

• Binary Clock - Shows hours, minutes and seconds.
• Candle - A flickering candle.
• CheerLights - Synchronize with the CheerLights "Internet of Things" project.
• Coloured Lights - Simple coloured lights like Xmas lights.
• Gradient Graph - A moving colour gradient determined by the height of a sine wave.
• Rainbow - A slowly moving rainbow effect.
• Random Blink - Some random blinking.
• Solid Colours - A basic effect which just shows a sequence of solid colours.

Installing

Install on Raspbian from PyPi using:

sudo pip3 install led-shim-demo

Running

$ ledshimdemo --help

Usage: ledshimdemo [OPTIONS]

  Show various effects on a Pimoroni LED shim.

Options:
  --version                       Show the version and exit.
  -s, --show_effects [CYCLE|RANDOM]
                                  How the effects are displayed.  [default:
                                  CYCLE]
  -t, --effect_time INTEGER RANGE
                                  How long to display each effect for, in
                                  seconds (1-3600).  [default: 10]
  -b, --brightness INTEGER RANGE  How bright the effects will be (1-10).
                                  [default: 8]
  -i, --invert                    Change the display orientation.
  -l, --log [NONE|INFO|EFFECT|DEBUG]
                                  Show additional logging information.
  --help                          Show this message and exit.